Stagg-Tolbert Biblical Forum
On Not Checking Your Brain at the Church Door:
The First Stagg-Tolbert Forum
The Stagg-Tolbert Forum for Biblical Studies is an annual state event recently held on September 17 at University Baptist Church in Baton Rouge. Featured speaker was Bill Leonard of Wake Forest Divinity School. Recordings of his presentation are available here.
Bill Leonard
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Bill Leonard is well loved in the Fellowship for his humor and insights. In addition to his many books and articles, he has written recently about the Fellowship movement. Learn more about Bill Leonard.
The Forum is an event designed to make excellence in biblical scholarship accessible to the lay person. Named in honor of two renowned Louisiana Baptist biblical scholars, Dr. Frank Stagg and Dr. Malcolm Tolbert, the Forum was first held in 2004 with Dr. Tolbert as the inaugural speaker.
Fisher H. Humphries followed in 2005, Al Staggs in 2006, Bill Coates in 2007, Walter Shurden in 2008, Colleen Burroughs in 2009 and Terry York in 2010.
Dr. Terry York's 2010 topic was "Render to Caesar, Render to God." Transcripts of his presentation are here.
Transcripts and audio versions of Dr. Malcolm Tolbert's presentations at the initial series are given below:
Lecture 1 - The Problem of the Old Testament (transcript)
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Lecture 2 - Genesis 1: Science or Fiction (transcript)
Audio version (may take few moments to load)
Reports, excerpts or recordings of other Forums below:
Walter Shurden - Flight of the Dove, Ascent of the Mountain
Theology is a Verb with Collen Burroughs - report
